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  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Please join us for a lively discussion about “Milena o el femur mas bello del Mundo” by Jorge Cepeda Patterson To join the book group...

  • Dubravka Ugresic

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Croatian writer Dubravka Ugresic discusses her new novels, Fox and American Fictionary. Praise for Fox "Ugresic is also affecting and eloquent, in part because within...

  • Preti Taneja reading from her new novel We That Are Young

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    We That Are Young published by Alfred Knopf A stunning debut novel, a modern-day King Lear set in contemporary India: the tale of a battle for power...

  • THE RACKET! #23: The Dark

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    The summer's over and light is getting dimmer in the evenings. Let's gather a bunch of writerly souls together to shed a little light on...

  • Léonora Miano

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the Consul General of France in San Francisco present Léonora Miano celebrating the release of Season...

  • Antena: a language justice and language experimentation collaborative, Jen Hofer and John Pluecker

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series debuts September 2018 with a two-day series by poet-translator-activists Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, who collectively organize Antena, a language justice and language experimentation collaborative,...

  • Zulema Renee Summerfield / Every Other Weekend

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith hosts Zulema Renee Summerfield for her debut novel, Every Other Weekend. Please join us!   The year is 1988, and America is full of broken homes. The...

  • Christian Kracht

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Christian Kracht reads from his new novel, The Dead. Praise for Christian Kracht “Imperium is astonishing and captivating, a tongue-in-cheek Conradian literary adventure for our time.” ―Karl...

  • KSW Presents ‘All This Wreckage, In Your Own Language’

    Kearny Street Workshop 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    KSW Presents "All This Wreckage, In Your Own Language," a reading featuring two debut novelists-Elaine Castillo, author of America Is Not the Heart, and Ingrid...

    $8 – $20.

  • Jessica Hopper presents Night Moves, in conversation with Carvell Wallace

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes drawn from 2004 through 2009, Night Moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all. Drawing on...

    Free

  • SALLY FIELD

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SALLY FIELD Friday, September 28, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Sally Field is one of the most celebrated, beloved and enduring...

    $29

  • Jessica Hopper

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jessica Hopper, author of The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic, dicusses her new memoir, Night Moves. Praise for Night Moves "Jessica Hopper's Night...

  • 11TH ANNUAL BEAT MUSEUM POETRY FESTIVAL

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    IN ASSOCIATION WITH 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE SAT. & SUN. SEPT. 29TH & 30TH, 1-6PM Two days of poetry and music, produced by Fred Dodsworth, Paul...

  • FRAN LEBOWITZ

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    FRAN LEBOWITZ In Conversation with Lawrence Rinder Saturday, September 29, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 In a cultural landscape filled with...

    $29

  • KASSIDAT: Spoken word and music

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Details soon! Featured readers - Musical guests: With your host Bloodflower

  • Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his new novel, The Shape of the Ruins

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his new novel, The Shape of the Ruins. Praise for Juan Gabriel Vasquez "Juan Gabriel Vásquez's The Shape of the Ruins is a highly...

  • Odd Salon : Risk

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Tales of peril and possibility, jeopardy and chance; of flirting with danger and being willing to lose it all RISK Tuesday,  October 2nd Public Works...

    $15 – $25

  • BOOKSMITH: Yung Pueblo / Inward

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith hosts a special evening with Yung Pueblo, to celebrate his first book Inward. Please join us!   Please note: this is a ticketed event, to be held...

    $18.50

  • 7pm Book Club

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

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  • Shipwreck Presents: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Murakami has a new book out on 10/9 (preorder link below), and censors in Hong Kong have declared it 'obscene,' so naturally, we're going in. Don't worry...

    $12 – $15

  • John Sims

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Multi-media conceptual artist, writer and activist visits City Lights to celebrate the release of his video poem chapbook, A Blazing Grace and the AfroDixieRemixes: The San...

  • Red Light Lit with Josiah Johnson

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Red Light Lit is a mashup of live music, photography, storytelling and poetry set to a live score. Featuring musician Josiah Johnson (The Head and...

    $15

  • Man Booker International Prizewinners Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Man Booker International Prizewinners Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft discuss Flights. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation. About Flights Flights is a novel about travel in...